*an excerpt* Performing the Impossible Homemade Revolutionary Acts By Julia Handschuh I think it began when I tried something impossible. It happened in the context of a durational performance class: the proposition was to commit wholly to doing an impossible task for one hour. I chose to connect with Andrew. We’d known each other for [...]
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Rough Trade II Interviews: Marilyn Arsem | Meredith and Anna
November 18th, 2012
MARILYN ARSEM Marilyn Arsem “still.missing” 2012 from The Present Tense on Vimeo. TPT: How did you find performance art? How did performance art find you? MA: I think it found me… I remember being completely taken by written accounts of Happenings when I was in high school, and as a result we created our own, [...]
Rough Trade II Interviews: Philip Fryer | Elena Katsulis & Erin Peisert
October 22nd, 2012
ERIN PEISERT & ELENA KATSULIS Elena Katsulis and Erin Peisert 2012 from The Present Tense on Vimeo. TPT: How did you meet? How long have you been making work together? E&E: We were once co-workers. We bonded over a mutual love for performance and decided that we should collaborate. We’ve been working together [...]
“Go with your gut…every single time.” an interview with EJ Hill
July 12th, 2012
Back in October, I had the pleasure of meeting and seeing the work of LA based artist EJ Hill. We both were representing Defibrillator Gallery at the MDW Art Fair in Chicago. In the midst of the bustle of the art fair, EJ stood as still as possible for 3 hours. I instantly fell in [...]
Stillness Series- Marilyn Arsem
May 29th, 2012
Stillness is defined as a state or an instance of being quiet or calm. It is also defined as the absence of motion. Although stillness suggests inactivity, it can provide opportunities for focused movement and heightened sensation. When contemplating these concepts in relation to contemporary art practices, Marilyn Arsem is one of the first artists [...]
Interview with Daniel S. DeLuca
September 6th, 2011
In early March, Art Fair season hit New York City, causing a frenzy of artists and galleries getting their work ready for prospective buyers. Grace Exhibition Space, a gallery devoted to showing performance art in New York decided to wrangle their resources and participate at Fountain Art Fair. In Grace’s “Go Big or Go Home” [...]
Rope Series: Peter Dobill
May 2nd, 2011
Brooklyn-based artist and curator, Peter Dobill focuses on the body in action in his work. Within these actions, he believes that mental and physical planes of existence are created, establishing autonomy in endurance, physical movement, and structure. “With my body, I alter and construct my vessel of experience, intrinsically connecting and emptying myself to a [...]
